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- Charm A Way To Remind A Day
- Autodesk 2011 Roundup for Designer Folk
- All For One With The Tenna
- 80s Inspired Cruiser (1880s that is…)
- Realize the Stud
- Sunlight-Only Skiff
- Teacup Teaparty for Tealovers
| Posted: 19 May 2010 08:19 AM PDT Here’s something novel. If you have problems remembering what all needs to be done today, never mind making a to-do list. Just slap on a couple charms and walk out the door. See, the Charming Reminder is a chain with 9 charms each corresponding to some common events. I’m not sure an umbrella, newspaper, telephone, key, letter, plug, shoe, present, and a basket are enough to rep. your daily life, but if it is, might I suggest some spontaneity? Designer: Natalie Montgomery
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| Autodesk 2011 Roundup for Designer Folk Posted: 19 May 2010 08:13 AM PDT Use Autodesk products? Yeah you do; if you don't you're gonna start missing out on some important tools. If you didn't know, Autodesk gobbled up Alias several years ago and some aspects of the acquisition are starting to bear fruit. In addition to some steamy crossover plugin action, Autodesk has continued to develop Alias itself, birthing a brand new sketching application on top of some routine improvements to the core application. Hit the jump for some quick summaries and links for more info.
Before jumping into Alias, let's detour through Autodesk Inventor's new UI, graphics and Alias plugin functionality (bullet points link to relevant video demos)
Those are the marketing bullet points, but the result is that Inventor stays mostly on par with Solidworks. Lacking any major advantage in my eyes, the decision would seem to lie more with the greater software environment in which you work. Because any changeover in software involves a lot of overhead in getting back up to speed, there needs to be a good reason to switch. Autodesk has continued to streamline their interoperability with other Autodesk formats and complement with applications like Publisher, so Inventor can make a lot of sense in right place. Moving into Alias, the biggest thing is a brand new piece of software, Alias Sketch. Costing in the $500ish range, Alias Sketch lies somewhere between Sketchbook pro and Alias Design. I could best sum it up as Alias Sketch = Photoshop + Illustrator – [all the useless bloat]. If you've ever caught yourself transforming pen strokes inside Sketchbook Pro or trying to create a dynamic sketch-like feel inside Illustrator, Alias Sketch might be perfect. A forthcoming review copy should help confirm the awesomeness, but until then notable points and exclusive video below.
Alias Design, itself, is inheriting some features from its bigger brother Alias Automotive like G3 constraints (for super smooth surface transitions) as well as UI improvements like simplified surface offsets, and interior surface selection. The endlessly repeated catchphrase of the event was “Going beyond 3D” and Autodesk has indeed put a lot of effort in becoming more streamlined and visually oriented in 2011. If you’re between CAD packages or are looking to switch, Autodesk has a lot of solid, well integrated products. Company: Autodesk |
| Posted: 19 May 2010 12:48 AM PDT There are a lot of expectations from our gadgets these days, and somewhere down the line we have blurred their definition. For example a phone doubles up as a video camera, still camera, voice recorder, MP3 player, movie player, web browser, sketchpad and much more…. But this also doesn't mean that we are done with individual devices. Tenna is a device that looks at adding the telephone function to individual gadgets like an MP3 player, thus doing a U-turn on how we perceive a phone. Tenna is basically a screen-less phone that uses voice recognition-based UI. It provides only calling and texting functions when used on its own. The 1.5" device has a detachable ear piece for making calls and hooks up to any device via the USB mini port. So for advanced functions like scheduling, managing personal contacts, connecting internet, just plug it to any of your fav device that has a screen. In a nutshell Tenna will transform any gadget with a screen into a mobile phone via a (proposed) built in software called 'tennalink'. Designer: Yuree S. Lim
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| 80s Inspired Cruiser (1880s that is…) Posted: 19 May 2010 12:42 AM PDT Break out those handlebar mustaches ladies and gents, it’s time for some old-school, two wheeled fun. Sit back and relax as the ONEYBIKE by Peter Varga takes you on a journey that harkens a simpler time when public streets smelled like horse manure and so did the men. Inspired by the classic High Wheeler bikes of the 1880s, as well as the recumbent bikes we saw those “granola types” riding in the 1990s. This design features a folding mechanism for easy storage and recently participated in the 14th International Bicycle Design Competition in Taiwan. I am happy to report this design does NOT feature USB, WiFi or any sort of iPhone integration. Designer: Peter Varga
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| Posted: 19 May 2010 12:10 AM PDT It’s more than just a stud, it’s two studs. Right here we’ve got a table and chair set by the name of “Stud.” It’s heavy on the stud, easy on the sitting at the table chilling out, fabulous on the eyes. This Stud refers to a small button or earring in that together, the stud chair and table appears to be wearing tiny earrings itself! Designer Cho Hyung Suk aimed here to create a chair composed of only one module. Here it is. Stay seated. You’ve only got one bending module. Thus, you’ve got a lovely place to sit and/or one lovely place to place your drink. Sit on both buttcheeks though, you can’t be avoiding that. Made of steel and bent wood. Size: Designer: Cho Hyung Suk
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| Posted: 19 May 2010 12:03 AM PDT So you’re driving around in the water, thinking about how lucky you are to own a boat. I mean, you’re on a boat! Right? Well check it out – you’re killing nature. Nature is going to be DEAD because of you. Unless, of course, you buy one of these: the “Float.” This boat called “Float” is a solar-powered double motor boat that runs solely on the power of the sun. The sun only. Only the sun. It can carry six people and runs at a slow sail of 7-10km/h. Cruzin only! It’s time for a marine picnic. Float comes equipped with a table, grill for grilling up your foods, and a small refrigerator to keep the ice in check. It’s a flat-surfaced boat so you can go wild with different activities. Extra extra, here’s a message from the designers:
Love it. I wish I could get Swiss badges on all of my inventions. It makes it seem so much more legit and… Swiss. Designer: Rami Tareef & Milos Ristin
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| Posted: 19 May 2010 12:03 AM PDT The name of this project is “Coffee Break,” and not just because you can have a hot cuppa while you’re sitting down on it. Many of the items are “broken” versions of their original form – a spoon for a human-sized seat, a set of giant plates for a table. Yes indeedy you will feel just like a cute little mousey sitting here drinking your hot refreshers, and in fabulously easy on the eyes colors, too! Designer Vasil Valchev has a bit of joy in making these undeniably cute furniture pieces for you to see and sit on. In this set you’ll find armchairs, a table, sofa, stools, and in whole, a set of workable pieces of everyday life nice for the office, cafe, or if you’re wild, right in your very own home kitchen! Designer: Vasil Valchev
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